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Body Volume Index (BVI): Better Measure Of Obesity?

Body Volume Index (BVI): Better Measure Of Obesity?

Body Mass Index or BMI has been long used to identify body fat amount or rather obesity using a person’s weight and height. Also known as Quetelet Index, named after Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet, its inventor, BMI, doesn’t actually measure the percentage of body fat, but only gives the best proxy value for body fat [...]

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